Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in publication
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Windows Task Scheduler Service is affected by this vulnerability. An attacker who already has the ability to run code on a system could use it to gain higher-level privileges than they should have.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged code execution on a victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correctly validating file operations.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild
- CISA remediation deadline
Due date for US federal agencies to patch
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1703
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
From 10.0.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
From 10.0.10240.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
From 10.0.14393.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
From 10.0.14393.0 · fixed in publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
From 10.0.14393.0 · fixed in publication